Solved for me at last! The sound was indeed saturated, I don't know what changed, but Igor pointed me in the right direction, at last! What I did was this:
pulseaudio -k sudo mv /etc/asound.conf /etc/asound.conf.temp sudo alsamixer - For the PCM, Front, Surround, Center and LFE, I set the level to 50% approximately. sudo alsactl store sudo mv /etc/asound.conf.temp /etc/asound.conf sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart pulseaudio -D Note that you can also test if that works quickly with the Volume applet on the desktop: double click on the volume icon, in the file menu, select the Alsa device, then twick your settings there. Thanks, Ludovic -- noise at login, mixer setting problem? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/199883 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs